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Happiness is meeting a good friend!

Happiness is a feeling which
comes from our own actions. It provides more meaning to life. All the
struggles, rough patches, friends, foes and incidents of life are a pursuit of
a person towards happiness, whether one actually meets with happiness or not
and how frequently is a different story altogether. I am no different a person.
I too strive for happiness and want to grab every opportunity coming my way.

Life is not all bright sunny
days, nor is it so for the relationships that we build in our life. Friendship
is one such relation. The beauty of it is that a friend promises to be together
in the journey called life. This togetherness is more important and critical in
times of trouble than in happiness. It is the greatest gift of life.

Friendship takes time and effort
to build. It grows gradually and one must be willing to get to know the other
person. It is important to be yourself in a friendship for it to last forever
and equally important to accept the other person as such.

The times have changed with the evolution
of information technology and social networking. It offers immense
opportunities to meet new people, get to know them and change total strangers
into real friends. This also is a platform, where we first virtually meet and
the actual meeting might happen long after, two people have become friends
while the traditional way is to meet first and then befriend.

Social networking and my interest
in it have grown simultaneously. I have made good friends with a few whom I have
met only because of the internet. This article is about one of them. Our
interaction happened due to an email I was forwarding to an acquaintance which
mistakenly got sent to somebody else. That was the start of our communication. He
responded back and then I reverted. In a few email interactions, we got to know
about each other and our interests made it easier for us to become friends.

In short time, we became really
good friends. We exchanged numbers, started talking. . The phase when our
interaction started, I was going through a down patch. He was a true
inspiration and he motivated me to look up and stay positive. Opportunities
knock on the door only when one waits with patience and persistence. I also
knew it all, but during the bad times, a friendly support is all one needs and
it truly helps. It immensely helped me recover from the bad phase. All that and
we were living in two different cities far apart.

So our conversations were limited
to the internet and mobile for a few years. Then I got a chance to visit his
city for attending a marriage ceremony of a good friend of mine. Finally, I got
the chance to meet a friend I made virtually for the first time. It was quite
an exciting feeling. It was good to see the person I have interacted with so
many times to meet for the first time in the real sense of the meeting. That
meeting made our friendship stronger and we have met quite many times since
then. But the first meeting will always remain the first. It always brings
smiles when I recall that.All that we achieve in our lives is much due to the ones we love the most. The bonding that we share matters a lot. The feeling of togetherness is truly empowering!

Reading is one of the most
fantastico activities and a great pastime. Story telling is an art and some
writers are the true magicians with their par excellent writings. This article is about one of the most favourite Hindi Writers of all time: Munshi Premchand. Munshi Premchand, as we know him,
was born as Dhanpat Rai Srivastav. His earlier writings were penned under the
name of ‘Nawab Rai’ and later he switched to ‘Prem Chand’ as his pen name. He
is famously quoted as the ‘Emperor among Novelists’. He is Shakespeare of Hindi
Literature. He has written many short stories and novels and enriched both
Hindi and Urdu literature. He was one of the first hindi writers
who voiced the concerns of discriminated sections of society. His writings are
a beautiful description of the social surroundings that existed during British
Period. He wrote detailed narratives about gender discrimination, caste hierarchies,
poverty and corruption. In this article, I will try to elaborate upon one of
his most…